The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966)
- Original title
- Uccellacci e uccellini
- Directed by
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Genre
- fantasy film, comedy film, comedy drama
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 372 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A father and his son walk through the Italian countryside. They encounter a talking bird and debate political ideas.
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What happens
The Hawks and the Sparrows (Italian: Uccellacci e uccellini) is a 1966 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. It was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival, where a "Special Mention" was made of Totò, for his acting performance. The film can be described as partially neorealist, and deals with Marxist concerns about poverty and class-conflict. It features the popular Italian comic-actor Totò, accompanied on a journey by his son (played by Ninetto Davoli). This is the last film to star Totò before his untimely death of a heart attack in 1967. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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For Love and Gold (1966)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.